Founded in 1830, Mormonism has been a powerful force in bringing many people to the West. The ten companies of saints – as Mormons were commonly called in the old West – traveled the handcart route between 1856 and 1860. With them, they brought a variety of different recipes and cooking techniques. In later years, Mormon cooking recognized its culinary heritage as coming from New England, the British Isles, Scandinavia and Switzerland. Old Mormon recipes were adapted for the foods found in the West. One dish in particular is Fruit Soup, based on an original recipe from Scandinavia. Make the popular dish for your next house guests and serve it as an appetizer before your meal or afterwards for dessert.
In a large pot, mix the raisins, prunes, currants, raspberries, apples, lemon juice and cinnamon stick with the water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes, or until the fruit is softened. Add sugar (if preferred) and remove the cinnamon stick.
Mix the cornstarch with a little water to make slurry; add to soup. Cook the soup for 4 minutes, stirring to thicken. Serve the soup hot or chilled.


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Q: how to backup partition tables for windows 10 OS I have plans to uninstall windows play with some other OS and then again put back Windows 10 in the way it is currently on my hardware.
So I want to take backup of partition table currently there is only Windows on this laptop but there are many many partitions and I want things to be as they are currently.
So I want to know how can I take backup of partition tables on an external USB to use later on. My OS is currently Windows 10.
Currently diskpart output shows me following
DISKPART> list vol

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     E                       DVD-ROM         0 B  No Media
  Volume 1     C   Windows      NTFS   Partition    915 GB  Healthy    Boot
  Volume 2         Windows RE   NTFS   Partition    980 MB  Healthy
  Volume 3     D   RECOVERY     NTFS   Partition     14 GB  Healthy
  Volume 4                      FAT32  Partition    260 MB  Healthy    System

A: The safest way is to install VirtualBox from Oracle and spin up a virtual machine to install the test OS on. This would leave your host (Windows 10) alone.
However, if you really are looking to nuke your current system then Clonezilla may be a decent option.
It is not a native solution, but Clonezilla (found here) will do this reliably. You can find details of the process on the website, but essentially it works like this:

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*Download Clonezilla ISO file

*Create bootable USB stick

*Boot to Clonezilla Live

*Make a backup of the disk (sending it to your external HDD)

When you're ready to "bring it back to life", you can boot back into Clonezilla Live and restore an image.

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What if you could enjoy the equal benefits of an electric motor and a regular engine? Well, Volvo's world-first plug-in hybrid technology brings the best of both worlds to your business – outstanding fuel economy and emissions figures, with excellent performance.
From the inside out, every model in our range of pioneering plug-in hybrids makes a bold statement about your business. Improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions demonstrates your awareness of the world around you. Pioneering technologies match your ambition. Elegant Scandinavian design reflects your values. Empower yourself and your business today – embrace the future of fleet.
Range anxiety (the fear of losing power mid-journey) is a common obstacle for businesses when considering pure electric vehicles. With hybrid power, not only does your business use less fuel and produce fewer emissions, but your drivers can switch to regular petrol for longer journeys.
The T8 Twin Engine is available in the Volvo XC90, V90, S90 and XC60. It delivers an impressive 303hp through the petrol engine, with an additional 87hp through the electric battery, whilst emitting just from 49g/km CO2 and offering a competitive BIK from 13% – the perfect balance for a business of today.
Imagine your drivers commuting to work without using a single drop of fuel. Well, now they can – our petrol T8 Twin Engine can both travel up to 27 miles on electric power alone. All without putting the exhaust to use.
No longer will your drivers have to compromise on their driving experience in order to minimise their environmental impact. With Volvo, the perfect mix can be found at the touch of a button.
Drivers can select Power for sporty, quick-response driving and a sharper throttle experience.
Commuting? Drivers can switch to Pure for short trips. They'll use zero fuel, produce zero exhaust emissions and travel with the comfort of zero sound from the engine.
A switch to Save will let drivers making their way around the city ensure there's power left in the electric motor for later.


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Mar 4 - Comedy Night - Tickets are $30 each. Drop off your check made payable to Lake Arrowhead Activities, at Rehana's house (26 Garwood Trail).


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Inside Smoothie King's Transformation to a Healthy Lifestyle Brand
3 months ago Simon Sloan
Becoming the SoulCycle of the restaurant industry
Kim envisions Smoothie King turning out to be an integral element of "every person's exercise journey," he states. "Think of Nike, Lululemon, SoulCycle, but from the restaurant field … I really think we can be the to start with model in the cafe market that can very own overall health and health and fitness, seriously in our DNA."
Smoothie King is also taking advantage of the quick-services partnership frenzy. In actuality, the model has an full web site on its website devoted to its a variety of partnerships. In addition to remaining the "official smoothie" of the Dallas Cowboys, the manufacturer has the naming rights for 10 yrs at the Smoothie King Centre, the place the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans engage in.
The franchise also lately joined forces with the American Cancer Modern society to make a smoothie to assist some of the facet results seasoned by people receiving chemotherapy, as well as Drew Brees and Challenged Athletes Basis to support help athletes with actual physical problems.
In April 2020, Smoothie King teamed up with Underneath Armour to offer free of charge demo subscriptions for prospects left without the need of obtainable or affordable health and fitness alternatives when COVID shuttered fitness center doorways.
Final yr, Smoothie King partnered with Gabby Douglas, a a few-time Olympic gold medal gymnast, to launch a Hydration Watermelon smoothie with a proprietary electrolyte mix and a Stretch & Flex smoothie line made up of collagen, which will help guidance joint wellbeing and flexibility.
"What we do is incredibly different from Jamba or Tropical Smoothie or any other smoothie shops in our country, mainly because when they endorse watermelon or acai smoothies, which is flavor-driven, our smoothies are extremely functionally driven with distinct targets," Kim states.
That suggests a lot of its new products and solutions don't have flavors in their names, these as The Activator Restoration smoothie line and HIIT Match smoothies, focusing on individuals who show up at higher-intensity interval classes these as SoulCycle and Crossfit, Kim states.
"We attract a distinct variety of crowd. When you're working out, performing yoga or pilates, in which do you go right after that?" Kim adds. "You have to have sure ranges of proteins and amounts of distinctive vitamins and minerals that juice simply cannot give you just after your exercise, usually it will get additional time to repair your body."
New prototype, personalization aids future enlargement
Like many fast-assistance dining establishments in new a long time, Smoothie King not long ago announced a push-thru-only prototype.
"Today's guest is wanting for accessibility and comfort, and the new model will optimize off-premise channels even though furthering our best goal to make the brand a lot more accessible, best aid franchisees, travel profits and fulfill the requires of our on-the-go visitors," Harmon suggests.
Designed with the enable of Smoothie King franchisees and the functions staff, the prototype stands at about 800 square ft and features a classic drive-via lane on a single side of the constructing, with a lane devoted to online buying and third-occasion shipping on the other.
"We're seeking to give far more possibilities," Kim claims. "If they want to order via the app or kiosk, they need to, or converse to us in human being, they should really be equipped to. How do we acknowledge them no matter what and say, 'welcome back again, this is the smoothie you employed to get, and you can decide on several ways to speak to us.'"
Also, a pick-up window and outdoor seating will be on the entrance of the exterior.  Nevertheless, Kim nonetheless asks group members to provide smoothies directly to customers' palms, as opposed to leaving the drink on the pick-up counter.
"We truly deliver to your fingers, so you truly feel like we are coming out of our procedure line and into their territory to hand out the product or service," he claims. "Moreover, the model nevertheless writes out buyer names on cups by hand to showcase that individual touch, versus other manufacturers that print stickers. It's the very little things, but two methods far more will make a huge variance."
Because Chris Bremer joined the group in July as chief development officer, the franchise has penned agreements to broaden its footprint in key development markets, these types of as the Upper Midwest and Central Atlantic areas, in addition Colorado and Texas.
In addition to signing a lot more than 145 new deals this calendar year, Bremer says Smoothie King is poised for new development in metropolitan areas like Baltimore, Washington D.C., Cleveland, Cincinnati, Phoenix, Las Vegas Denver, New York, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Bremer touts the brand's low-labor product and simple buildout to attract very first-time modest business enterprise homeowners as effectively as seasoned operators, and also lists a bevy of incentives for veterans, very first responders, and extra.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowans could be lining up for a big Powerball prize.
Wednesday's jackpot is now an estimated $450 million, the fourth largest in the history of the game, Iowa Lottery officials say. It's also the sixth largest jackpot of any U.S. lottery game.
The jackpot was initially set for $400 million, but lottery leaders say the surge in ticket sales bumped up the prize.
The cash value of the jackpot is $275.4 million.
Tickets are just $2 each and you have a 1 in 292 million chance to strike rich.


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Jeff Sessions and the Department of Injustice
April 26, 2017	8:55 AM CST By Jesse Jackson
With razor wire across the top of the secondary border fence behind him, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions stands at the U.S.-Mexican border next to the Brown Field Border Patrol Station in San Diego on Friday, April 21. | Hayne Palmour IV / The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP
As Donald Trump nears the end of his first 100 days, media commentary focuses primarily on how little he has achieved in comparison to other presidents. It's a mistake, however, to discount the threat that the Trump administration poses to our fundamental rights. His attorney general, former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, is a case in point.
Sessions has set out with a vengeance to transform the Department of Justice into a Department of Injustice. He's been hindered by the incompetence that characterizes this administration. He's home alone in his department, with no nominations offered for the heads of top DOJ units – the civil rights, criminal, or national security divisions. His deputies – Nos. 2 and 3 in the DOJ – have been nominated but not confirmed.
That has slowed but not stopped Sessions' efforts to rollback basic rights. He's reversed the Justice Department's position of challenging voter identification laws; he deems the Voting Rights Act too "intrusive." Now the DOJ will intervene in favor of states that pass discriminatory measures to restrict access to the ballot. The right to vote – the fundamental right of a democracy – will now depend on the willingness of judges to stand up for the truth, as U.S. District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos did in ignoring the DOJ intervention and ruling that the Texas ID law was "passed, at least in part, with a discriminatory purpose."
Sessions has issued orders to revive the old, failed war on drugs. The promising bipartisan efforts to reform sentencing provisions to end the mass incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders are to be abandoned. Sessions wants to revive private prisons and insure them a steady stream of prisoners. People of color, particularly young African-American men, will be the greatest victims of this injustice.
Sessions has called for a "review" of all the reform agreements that Obama's Civil Rights Division has reached with police forces. His DOJ sought to delay implementation of a consent decree reached in Baltimore in the wake of the Freddy Gray killing. Sessions scorns these agreements as "political expediency" that will "handcuff the police." In Baltimore, the judge ignored the DOJ's efforts to impede reform. But despite the outcry at the killings of young black men and women, Sessions is clearly telling police they can act with impunity once more.
And Sessions has been point on the administration's efforts to ramp up deportation, terrorize immigrants, and defend the president's unconstitutional Muslim ban. He expressed amazement that a "judge sitting on an island in the Pacific" could overturn the president's order. That judge was a federal district court justice in the state of Hawaii, part of the union for 58 years.
Sessions has issued letters to nine sanctuary cities, counties, and states, including the state of California, New York City, Chicago, and Cook County, threatening to deny federal grant funds – largely funds for local law enforcement – unless they commit to cooperating with the administration's sweeping assaults on immigrants. This arbitrary assertion of federal power is particularly remarkable from Sessions, who as a senator declaimed endlessly about the glories of states' rights. Luckily, Sessions wasn't at Herod's side when Mary and Joseph sought sanctuary in Egypt with the baby Jesus.
The sanctuary jurisdictions have vowed to resist Sessions edicts. Speaking for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, spokesman Matt McGrath noted: "The administration's plan to deny federal funds to cities that are standing up for their values is unconstitutional, and Chicago is proud to stand with 34 cities and counties across the country in asking a federal court to prevent the federal government from illegally withholding federal funds."
New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio declared that New York City will "remain a city welcoming of immigrants who have helped make our city the safest big city in the nation. Any attempt to cut NYPD funding for the nation's top terror target will be aggressively fought in court. We won't back down from protecting New Yorkers from terror – or from an overzealous administration fixated on xenophobia and needless division."
The assault on rights – for the LGBTQ community, for people of color, for women, for immigrants – is clear. Efforts to rollback voting rights, civil rights, police reform, and sentencing reform have already begun. The resistance – from courts, from decent public officials, from activists and citizens of conscience – has been and will be fierce.
Sessions' Department of Injustice is measure of the damage that Trump can do. Instead of making America a more perfect union, Americans will have to mobilize to defend their rights from the very department that is tasked with protecting them.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is the founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. He was a leader in the civil rights movement alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and was twice a candidate for President of the United States. His articles appear here courtesy of Rainbow PUSH.
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Tottenham Hotspur's 3-1 win over Chelsea should demand the attention of Fantasy Premier League managers.
A change in tactics proved decisive as Mauricio Pochettino's side ended their visitors' unbeaten record on Saturday evening.
Spurs' new 4-3-1-2 formation helped all three of their midfield big-hitters produce their highest FPL hauls of the season.
Dele Alli (£8.9m) supplied a goal and assist to earn 13 points in his support role behind the front two.
Christian Eriksen (£9.2m) earned two assists from central midfield, with his seven chances created ranked top for the Gameweek.
And Son Heung-min (£8.3m) thrived up front, firing his first goal of 2018/19.
Notably, this was the first Gameweek that the trio all started together, as Lucas Moura (£7.1m) dropped to the bench for the first time this season.
The weekend performance suggests that FPL managers should now consider the Spurs attack once this weekend's trip to Arsenal has passed.
According to the Fixture Difficulty Rankings (FDR), only one of their 13 opponents between Gameweeks 15 and 27 score more than three.
Harry Kane (£12.3m) struck his seventh goal of the season against Chelsea and is the go-to captain option.
He has supplied a goal or an assist in three successive appearances, his most consistent run of the season.
But for managers reluctant to pay Kane's high cost, Spurs' form and fixtures mean Eriksen, Alli and Son are becoming strong alternatives in midfield.


"I would never get out of bed if I lived by your saying..."
if somewhere is going to be changed it had better be based on a fair degree of certainty that it moves it closer to it's essence and original intention and it had better involve a broad consensus.
People that want to leave stuff at sites worry me as they are saying they need changing to some previous use and they know what it was or they want to use them for their own purposes or in accordance with their own beliefs and if people object people are unreasonable or wrong respectively. I don't think they're right.


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Buying a home, with debt
Jessica Gregg July 21, 2017	Leave a comment
In this country, there has always been a well-worn path to household wealth—and that's buying the house itself.
Since the 2008 recession, the home is "still the major source of stable wealth" in this country, says J.P. Krahel, an accounting professor at Loyola University Maryland's Sellinger School of Business and Management. The problem is not everyone can afford to buy a house these days.
Why not? The big reason is student debt.
Krahel, who graduated from Rutgers University with a Ph.D and six figures of debt, knows firsthand about this. His unpaid student loans were hurting his credit rating and made him a bad risk, in a bank's eyes, for borrowing money. His solution was to refinance his student debt to pay it off more quickly and also to take advantage of a Federal Housing Administration program that required only a 3 percent down payment to purchase a home.
The result: Krahel is now a homeowner, here in Baltimore.
"If you're paying rent, you're helping someone else get rich," Krahel says. "It's better for society to have more people in homes."
Here's the bad news: College costs are not going down anytime soon, Krahel says. American wages have fallen and things cost more these days – not necessarily big ticket items, such as TVs and iPhones, but necessities like toothpaste are pricier than they used to be, he says.
"Buying butter is more expensive now," he says.
In other words, the situation is not going to improve tomorrow and consumers have to educate themselves about resources that can help them, Krahel believes. Two that he recommends for families with high student debt: SoFi, an online lending start-up, and Earnest, another online low-interest loan provider.
Planning is key, agrees Patrick Johnson, an independent financial planner based in Baltimore. Anyone who wants to buy a home should know his or her credit score and also should get pre-approved for a loan.
"But the angle I would look at first is the student loan," Johnson says.
Check with your loan provider, a financial planner or online for income-based repayment plans and loan forgiveness plans.
Know your household budget as well. It is "challenging, but possible" to pay down student debt and own a home. But "unless you're making big bucks, you will have to cut back somewhere," Johnson says, adding that a house payment should be no more than 33 percent of household income.
All those tips are great advice, agrees Matthew Heckles, the assistant secretary of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, particularly this year when there are 15 percent fewer homes on the market. More than ever, new buyers may need down payment assistance to be competitive, he says.
The agency offers a few programs to help with that:
• SmartBuy—Launched in November 2016, this program has been getting a lot of press and provides first-time buyers up to 15% of the home purchase price to pay off the outstanding student debt when they buy a housing department-owned property. The program hopes to help 50 first-time buyers in the first year. http://mmp.maryland.gov/Pages/SmartBuy/
• You've Earned It—This program offers down payment assistance and a discounted mortgage rate for first-time buyers who purchase a house in one of the department's "sustainable communities," including Baltimore, Catonsville, Towson, Ellicott City, Westminster and more areas across the state. http://mmp.maryland.gov/EarnedIt/
Krahel wonders if new buyers "are too ashamed or too overwhelmed to ask for help." But once they do, he says, they will discover a great number of resources that can help families meet their financial goals.
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Jessica Gregg, managing editor of Baltimore STYLE, is a graduate of University of Maryland's journalism school. She spent more than a decade writing for newspapers around central Maryland before she moved to the Big Sky country of Montana and began to teach writing. After returning to Charm City, she worked for Sisters of Academy of Baltimore, among other schools, blogging and writing in her free time until she made the return to journalism for good. She previously worked as the special products editor for The Daily Record. She is a happy rowhouse dweller and mother of two.
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Angela Clarke
Angela is a best-selling novelist and a screenwriter.
Angela is the author of the crime thrillers On My Life (Hachette, 2019), Trust Me (HarperCollins, 2017), Watch Me (HarperCollins, 2016), and Follow Me (HarperCollins, 2015). She also wrote the humorous memoir Confessions of a Fashionista (Penguin Random House, 2013). Follow Me was named Amazon's Rising Star Debut January 2016, long listed for the Crime Writer's Association Dagger in the Library 2016, and short listed for the Dead Good Page Turner Award 2016.
For audio, Angela is one of ten writers commissioned for the new BBC Sounds' Malory Towers Podcast (King Bert Productions, 2021).
For screen, Angela was one of five writers commissioned for series five of BBC Three's The Break (BBC Studios, 2021). She wrote and performed a comedy short about having an invisible disability for BBC Ouch's Tales of The Misunderstood (BBC Edinburgh Festival Stage / BBC iPlayer, 2017). She is currently one of thirteen writers who were invited to join the BBC Writersroom Writers' Access Group 2020/2021.
For stage, she contributed a comedy sketch for the Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show (The Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival, 2016). Angela wrote a one-hour dramedy The Legacy (The Hope Theatre, London, 2015), which the Mail Online described as: 'witty, insightful and powerful - ★★★★★'. West End Wilma called it: 'a fantastic debut - ★★★★'. And London Theatre said: 'a memorable play that signposts a bright new talent - ★★★★'.
An experienced and entertaining speaker, Angela has appeared on CBS Reality's real life crime series Written in Blood, and The Guilty Feminist Podcast (on tour at Warwick Arts Centre). She hosted Tales From Your Life (BBC 3 Counties, 2017), the Three Books show (Womens' Radio Station, 2019), and Outspoken (Radio Verulam, 2015). And has appeared regularly as a panel guest on BBC 3 Counties, BBC Radio 4, and the BBC World Service, among others. Angela has given talks and masterclasses for many, including City University's Crime Writing MA, Noirwich Crime Writing Festival, Camp Bestival, Panic! (in partnership with Create, the Barbican, Goldsmiths University and The Guardian), Meet a Mentor (in partnership with the Royal Society of Arts), Northwich Lit Fest, St Albans Lit Fest, BeaconLit, London College of Fashion, and at HM Prisons.
A sufferer of Hypermobility Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), Angela is passionate about bringing marginalised voices into the industry.
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La zlatogorita és un mineral de la classe dels sulfurs, que pertany al grup de la niquelina. Rep el seu nom del dipòsit de Zlatoya Gora, a Rússia, la seva localitat tipus.

Característiques
La zlatogorita és un antimonur de fórmula química NiCuSb₂. Va ser aprovada com a espècie vàlida per l'Associació Mineralògica Internacional l'any 1994. Cristal·litza en el sistema trigonal. La seva duresa a l'escala de Mohs és 4,5.

Segons la classificació de Nickel-Strunz, la zlatogorita pertany a "02.C - Sulfurs metàl·lics, M:S = 1:1 (i similars), amb Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc." juntament amb els següents minerals: achavalita, breithauptita, freboldita, kotulskita, langisita, niquelina, sederholmita, sobolevskita, stumpflita, sudburyita, jaipurita, pirrotina, smythita, troilita, cherepanovita, modderita, rutenarsenita, westerveldita, mil·lerita, mäkinenita, mackinawita, hexatestibiopanickelita, vavřínita, braggita, cooperita i vysotskita.

Formació i jaciments
Va ser descoberta al dipòsit d'or de Zlatoya Gora, a la vall de Soimon, prop de Karabash, a la província de Txeliàbinsk, Rússia. També ha estat descrita a Castleside, al comtat anglès de Durham, al Regne Unit.

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Minerals antimonurs
Minerals de coure
Minerals de níquel
Minerals descoberts a la Província de Txeliàbinsk

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A Joosr Guide to Creativity, Inc by Ed Catmull
In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.
Your creativity is a precious resource. If you protect it, it'll thrive. But neglect it, and you'll find your creative process grinding to a halt. Discover what tactics Pixar implement to preserve their celebrated imagination!
Every creative person has felt completely stuck from time to time. Ideas dry up, designs don't look like they should, and creative energy runs low. So, how can a person stay creative? How do you fight past the distractions and impediments and let the creative juices flow again? Pixar Animation Studios president Ed Catmull has the answers in Creativity Inc., an in-depth look at the history of the studio known for its boundless creativity and groundbreaking innovation.
· How to find hidden problems that are getting in the way of your creativity
· How candor differs from honesty, and what important role it plays in the creative process
· Why the right environment breeds creativity, whilst the wrong culture stifles it.
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The FOG Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the 4th release candidate for FOG 1.3.1.
This release addresses some of the more prominent bugs that were present and reported from the 3rd release candidate.
Fix filtering stuff in regards to login reporting.
Fix bootmenu so webroot isn't really required.
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The sport reached a new peak of popularity in North America in December 2006: a rematch between then UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell and former champion Tito Ortiz, rivaled the PPV sales of some of the biggest boxing events of all time,[44] and helped the UFC's 2006 PPV gross surpass that of any promotion in PPV history. In 2007, Zuffa LLC, the owners of the UFC MMA promotion, bought Japanese rival MMA brand Pride FC, merging the contracted fighters under one promotion.[45] Comparisons were drawn to the consolidation that occurred in other sports, such as the AFL-NFL Merger in American football.[46]
For combat sports, tempo intervals can be applied in many different forms, ranging from general activities like the sprints that Francis used, to more specific drills such as hitting the heavy bag or doing pad work. The important thing is that the intensity of the work intervals is kept at 75% or less of your maximum with the duration no more than 12-15 seconds. You can rest between intervals for 1 minute or until your heart rate comes down to 130-135, whichever comes first.
The Southwest Rapid Rewards program is most beneficial for budget-minded travelers based in the United States who frequently fly to major cities around the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean. Southwest offers more than 4,000 flights a day to 100 destinations. By becoming a Southwest Rapid Rewards member, you'll earn points for every dollar spent on Southwest flights and with the airline's hotel, car rental and retail partners. If you have one of the Southwest Rapid Rewards credit cards from Chase Visa, you can earn additional points on Southwest Airlines and partner purchases and by making everyday purchases. You can use your Rapid Rewards points to pay for merchandise, gift cards and the cost of air travel on any Southwest flight. If you are a Southwest credit card holder, you can also use points to cover the cost of international partner flights, hotel stays, cruises, car rentals and experiences like wine tastings and spa packages.
Zone 5 often called anaerobic or VO2 max training, is considered true high intensity training. Training in Zone 5 is responsible for increasing an athlete's ability to produce force in a metabolically acidic environment. Paired with the large amounts of perceived exertion, the duration of which this intensity can be held is severly limited compared to lower and moderate intensity training.
"When I found the Warriors Cove I was impressed in the safe manner that Mr. Arnebeck conducts his classes. Also the senior students impressed me in the way they help to make sure new students learn the techniques correctly. I started BJJ just to get in shape and lose weight. If you really want to lose weight just show up to class!!!! The side effects….. you will learn real self defense."
An expert in leadership and human performance, Dr. Paul "Paulie Gloves" Gavoni is a highly successful professional striking coach in mixed martial arts. As an athletic leader and former golden gloves heavyweight champion of Florida, Coach Paulie successfully applies the science of human behavior to coach multiple fighters to championship titles at varying levels worldwide. With many successful fighters on his resume, Coach Paulie tailors his approach to fit the needs of specific fighters based on a fighters behavioral, physiological, and psychological characteristics. Coach Paulie is a writer for Last Word on Sports and is a featured coach in the book, Beast: Blood, Struggle, and Dreams at the Heart of Mixed Martial Arts.
If you live in Harford County, Cecil County, or Balitmore County ( Aberdeen, Havre de Grace, Edgewood, Joppatowne, C. Milton Wright, Fallston, Bel Air, North Harford, North East, Perryville, Rising Sun), then you don't want to miss this chance to add to your over all Martial Arts skill set and even get the tools that will lead to a successful MMA career!
Regarding Vo2 max training, how is it possible to go all out for 3min. I'm a minute in and exhausted. I've either used a 15lbs medicine ball slam exercise or a 50lbs medicine ball pick up, squat, overhead press movement for 1min, then rest 1min and repeat for 5 sets. I'm done after that. Is my workload too heavy, am I not resting enough between sets? I bought the 8weeks Out book but am still confused on this interval scheme.
A contemporary of Bruce Lee, Wing Chun practitioner Wong Shun Leung, gained prominence fighting in 60-100 illegal beimo fights against other Chinese martial artists of various styles. Wong also fought and won against Western fighters of other combat styles, such as his match against a Russian boxer named Giko,[28] his televised fight against a fencer,[29] and his well-documented fight against Taiwanese Kung-Fu master Wu Ming Jeet.[30] Wong combined boxing and kickboxing into his kung fu, as Bruce Lee did.
A while ago, I wrote an article for Fight! magazine on interval training for combat sports. Far too often, "interval training" gets lumped into a single category as if all intervals are the same. If you've read my book, Ultimate MMA Conditioning, you know this is certainly not the case at all. In this article, I'll give you four different interval training methods and simple guidelines to putting together an interval training program.
Eat like a modern day Caveman. Try and stick with the basic primitive food groups such as meats, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds, but don't get neurotic. What I mean by that is, try to be very mindful of what you're eating, and though you probably don't need that extra piece of bread, or potato, it won't be the end of the world if you eat it, and you do only live once. So unless you are training for an event where you have to lose weight, eat clean for the bulk of your meals, but don't deprive yourself of some of your simple dietary pleasures.
Originally promoted as a competition to find the most effective martial arts for real unarmed combat, competitors from different fighting styles were pitted against one another in contests with relatively few rules.[8] Later, individual fighters incorporated multiple martial arts into their style. MMA promoters were pressured to adopt additional rules to increase competitors' safety, to comply with sport regulations and to broaden mainstream acceptance of the sport.[9] Following these changes, the sport has seen increased popularity with a pay-per-view business that rivals boxing and professional wrestling.[10]
Do 30 to 60 minutes of a moderate-intensity aerobic activity three or four days per week. Moderate-intensity activities include cycling, jogging, swimming and hitting a punching bag. This will help improve your cardiovascular system, which means more oxygen will be used throughout your body during your big fight. Your heart and lungs will work more efficiently and you will be less tired while you are fighting.
I'd started putting together a weight routine to go with my MMA training and I'm surprised how similar it is to this. What I was going for was based more on stronglifts / starting strength however, If you woulnd't mind giving opinions on it. It was one of the AxBxAxx style routines, with two of the x being martial arts training. So week 1 would be AmBmAxx week 2 BmAmBxx
What? Self defence is for everyone no matter the gender and size or height. I have experienced bullying in shape and form even domestic violence. I do four styles of mma and I train with men in my dojo and I am respected and treated as an equal because I can fight. It won't matter where anyone moves to. Trouble and danger is everywhere. Offenders attack those who can't defend themselves and don't matter what area you're from or visiting.
It's probably best that you leave mixed martial arts fighting to the professionals in the UFC and watch it from the safety of your couch. But there's no reason you can't train like a fighter with an MMA training routine to lose fat, build your wind, and de-stress. The following is a pretty good simulation of an MMA fight—you know, without the foot about to land upside your head.
Former MMA fighter Joey Alvarado hosts this is a workout dvd which consists of MMA-inspired drills and shadow boxing along with body weight training exercises. It's not as in-depth and complete as some of the systems we're looking at (Such as Rushfit, TapoutXT2, etc) but Shadow-Jitsu is still an interesting workout. It's a tough DVD to get through, and the trainer isn't there to baby you, so if you aren't self-motivated then this might not be your best bet. If you aren't in pretty decent condition already you'll have to skip some of this stuff, but don't be a pussy – challenge yourself!
As boxing continues to evolve in mixed martial arts (MMA), so do the training methods employed. Absent from many MMA gyms is one of the most fundamental techniques used in boxing for more than a century–shadow boxing. If you are a fighter and you want to bring your boxing to the next level quickly, you must consistently incorporate shadow boxing into your training regimen. Below we will provide the rationale along with some basic strategies for getting the most out of your shadow boxing. If you shadow box regularly under the watchful eye of an expert boxing coach, you may want to stop reading here. If not, keep reading!
Studying and writing fiction, non-fiction, and poetry gives us insight into issues and situations that we may not otherwise be able to understand. Literature gives us a deep, direct connection to the human soul, and can move us in ways that other mediums cannot. Studying rhetoric lets us understand the deeper implications of the language that is being used all around us, dictating how we represent ourselves, each other, and the issues that matter most to us.
In Norway, sports that involve knockouts as a means of securing victory or points are illegal, including MMA and boxing.[241][242] Norwegian MMA fighters must therefore travel abroad to compete. The Norwegian MMA Federation (NMMAF) was elected as a full member of the International MMA Federation (IMMAF) on 22 April 2012,[243] representing 49 member gyms across Norway.[244] In 2012 the "Merkekamper" concept was introduced by the NMMAF, with government sanctioning, which enables member MMA gyms to hold events with sparring matches, but governed by strict rules concerning how hard a fighter is permitted to strike.[245][246]
In February 2016, Michelle and Robert King, when asked about a spin-off, stated that there was a possibility for a spin-off series.[23] In May 2016, CBS was in final negotiations to set up a spin-off featuring Christine Baranski reprising her role as Diane Lockhart, but which would air on CBS All Access instead of the network.[4] The spin-off was officially ordered to series on May 18, with Cush Jumbo returning as well.[7] In September 2016, it was confirmed that the 10 episode spin-off would premiere in February 2017, with the story picking up a year after the final episode of the original series and seeing Diane pushed out of her firm after a financial scam involving her mentee wipes out her savings, resulting in her move to Lucca Quinn's firm.[2] The series was initially planned to air in May 2017, but was moved to February 2017 after production delays forced CBS to postpone the premiere of the new series, Star Trek: Discovery.[3] After months of speculation, CBS revealed the title for the spin-off series, which was revealed to be The Good Fight, on October 31, 2016.[24] It was announced that The Good Fight would premiere on February 19, 2017.[1] CBS released the first trailer for the spinoff on December 18, 2016, featuring footage from the premiere and later episodes.[25]
In Japan, female competition has been documented since the mid-1990s. Influenced by female professional wrestling and kickboxing, the Smackgirl competition was formed in 2001 and became the only major all-female promotion in mixed martial arts. Other early successful Japanese female organizations included Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling, ReMix (a predecessor to Smackgirl), U-Top Tournament, K-Grace, and AX.[citation needed]
The added incline increases the resistance and makes sure you're recruiting the fast-twitch fibers during the exercise – if they aren't recruited, their endurance won't improve. You'll want to select a resistance that slows the movement down to somewhere between 70-80% of the speed you'd be able to go with no resistance at all. A general rule of thumb is to use somewhere between 20-40% of the maximum resistance, but this really depends on the specific exercise(s) you choose to use for these intervals.
The idea might sound insane to some people: You're going to pay money so you can go to a place every couple of days and get beat up. But, joining up to study a martial art can be extremely rewarding for your fitness and your overall well being. Picking the right system to study is crucial if you're going to enjoy yourself and, ultimately, stick with it. Here's a quick guide to help you figure out which one is right for you. And this list is just a start. There are plenty of other areas of study out there to explore, but these seven are likely the easiest to find.
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We do this through the MMA Base, which consists of boxing, Thai boxing, stand-up wrestling, and Brazilian jiu jitsu. You don't have to become a high level MMA fighter, but you do need to train against completely uncooperative opponents attempting to kick, punch, and wrestle with you. Otherwise, you will not be prepared for it if it happens on the street.


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My writing process… …is very disorganized–made up of scraps of paper, receipts that were at hand, notes on my phone and scribble down words. Titles often come to me long before stories do—though I suspect my subconscious is working away scribbling down on its own scraps of whatever happens to be lying around in my brain, because it always amazes me how everything comes together (when that happens it's one of the best things about writing for me). Skeleton is the most complete story that I've been inspired to write. And by that I mean I didn't really struggle with the plot or the characters. I didn't stop in the middle thinking where do I go from here! like I normally do. I just wrote. Jan's character was clear to me from the start—tall, Dutch, imposing, but sweet and caring beneath. He was inspired by the Dutch people we've met at the campsite we stay at on in the South of France Before I started writing it, I remember thinking I wanted to write a really self-contained short story that left a reader with feeling of completeness. And I hope I've accomplished that. I've packed a lot of story in there. A little mystery, a little sweetness, a little twist. It was a fun story to write. I finished this story in a month (including edits) and that is fast for me. I think I usually average 15-20K a month now, but that is something I've had to build up to.
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Jan has given up on love, at least the romantic kind. He loves his five-year-old son Henry more than anything. But when Henry starts school, Jan is introduced to Matthew, a very sweet but shy young man who helps out in Henry's class. Although he tries desperately to ignore his attraction, Jan finds himself falling for Matthew—he's everything Jan needs. But amid creepy silent phone calls and possible break-ins, things start to fall slowly apart for Jan. Matthew wants to trust Jan, but the skeleton Jan has been trying to keep buried in his closet and the guilt he feels threatens to destroy everything good in his life.
Suki Fleet currently lives in the heart of England. Her childhood was quite unconventional and she spent some time living on a boat and travelling at sea with her family. Since she was very small she has always dreamed of writing for a living, but though she has written original fiction online for years and encouraged many new writers to keep going and follow their author dreams, it is only recently she got the courage to make her own dream a reality and actually send something off to a publisher. By day she runs her own business selling fabric (her second love) and juggling family commitments, by night she weaves the stories that the characters in her head dictate. These stories often start with pain or longing but always end with love.
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You will be working with a local Community Based Organisation (CBO) within to help build organisational capacity. This mean you would be helping from training members in leadership skills, fundraising and proposal writing, creating an effective accounting system, teaching members computer skills, helping to write bylaws and developing community projects. Volunteers works with the local community to build capacity and ensure changes and improvements are sustainable once they have left.
- learning of how to play drums and dance with local People the traditionel dance of Volta Region: Borborbor, Agbadza and Kpanlongo Dance.
Flexibility to live in a different environment with changes in diet, living conditions, weather.
Volunteer should be able to write proposal, fundraising and flexible to work with Group of People.
All program fees are charged directly by Crossover Volunteer Ghana.
Crossover Volunteer Ghana (your host organization) provides consulting and is keen to answer all your questions. Once you reserved your spot, you will receive the contact details of your volunteer project.
CVG will ensure meals and accommodation are provided from the first to the last day of your program. Volunteers arriving earlier than the program start date or staying after the completion of their program will be required to pay their own accommodation and meals for those additional days.
An Airport Pickup Guide (APG) will meet you at the Accra Airport.
Volunteers will be fed three meals a day and save with drinking water.
Your meals will typically consist of traditional Ghanian dishes, including rice, beans, maize meal, root, vegetables, fish, meat and Vegetarian meals.
You can volunteer at the project site in Adaklu Hodzo/Ghana between 4 weeks and 24 weeks. Please note that the above shown program fees are estimated and subject to exchange rate fluctuations. Crossover Volunteer Ghana will let you know about the final price during your application process.
Your final payment will be agreed with Crossover Volunteer Ghana during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.


Jason Cummings (left) in action for Posh at Southend.
Peterborough United striker Jason Cummings is 'full of remorse' after a video of him causing damage to his city apartment emerged over the weekend.
The 23 year-old will be fined after embarrassing the club with his actions which included hurling items of furniture, including a widescreen television. around the room while appearing to be drunk.
But Posh boss Steve Evans has pledged to support his gifted player through a difficult period in his life. It's understood Cummings, who was substituted in the second half of Saturday's win at Southend, has recently split up from his partner.
"It wasn't pleasant to watch what went on, but the club have dealt with it and that will be the end of the matter for now," Evans stated. "We know what's been going on in Jason's life and his behaviour was a reaction to that.
"He has been disciplined as per club procedures, but now we will concentrate on supporting Jason through a tough period in his life. I do not offer my support blindly, but Jason is worth it because of his personality not because he is a top player. He's just suffered because of 10 minutes of madness. We shouldn't stop players having a couple of beers after a good win, but Jason must know when to stop.
"I took him to the ice hockey last night with my family and he was apologetic and full of remorse. He knows he has done wrong and I doubt he will repeat it.
Posh are taking on Oxford in a behind-closed-doors friendly at the ABAX Stadium today (September 10) and Evans has selected a strong side including Saturday matchwinner Ivan Toney, Jamie Walker, Marcus Maddison, Louis Reed and Tyler Denton.
Lewis Freestone also plays. The left-back has extended his loan at National North League Nuneaton into a second month.


As summer approaches and the heat and humidity start to increase, we're starting to look ahead to modest pieces which can handle the hot climate in the Middle East. That's why we love the newest collection from Leem. From flowing fabrics to beautiful summer shades, here are our favourite pieces from their Spring/Summer 2019 release.


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The inaugural consultative NGO forum, convened towards the renewal and revitalization of the South African NGO movement activism brought together over hundred (100) NGOs and CBOs from across the country at Parktonian hotel, Braamfontein, Gauteng on the 28th March 2018 to collectively reflect on the state and challenges facing the NGO sector with the aim of strengthening, securing and consolidating the sector's common future and gains to advance the interest of our people for development, peace, justice & accountability.
Collectively, the inaugural NGO consultative forum represented a community of interests with a shared set of principles, values and ethics; most importantly, social and economic justice, inclusive and participatory development, accountability, transparency and a commitment to people-centered national development.
The consultative forum noted that the NGO sector is the only civil society sector which is not organised and coordinated nationally to engage effectively with the national development agenda with one, united voice.
The consultative forum further recognized the need for the NGO sector to convene itself to determine its agenda in the context of national development challenges and priorities, and reclaim its role through the revival of a vibrant and well-coordinated progressive NGO movement as a key asset for the ongoing struggle for democratic and social transformation. For this reason, the consultative forum declares as a key strategic purpose of the renewed NGO movement to fight corruption and ensure public accountability in all spheres of society, including amongst our own formations and organizations.
Accordingly, the consultative forum called for the revitalization process to be accelerated, that this inaugural national NGO consultative forum of thematic sectors and networks must immediately be followed by nine (9) provincial consultative forums which will culminate into a national NGO Week/Conference in October 2018.
As the NGO movement, we are cognizant of the challenges we are facing at national, provincial and local levels, including our lack of coordination, lack of a common programme of action as well as resource & capacity constraints. We have therefore resolved to chart a shared roadmap towards NGO unity and revival, and a course of action to advance our collective intervention and contribution during this period of national rebirth and the renewal of a promise.
We resolved to ensure the full and active participation and inclusion of all sectors including children, youth, women, older persons, and people living with disabilities in engaging our government towards poverty eradication to achieve the South Africa We Want!
Importantly, we further resolved to urgently coordinate NGO sector at national, provincial and local levels to pursue value-based unity in developing common platform and pledge towards the revival of the coordinated NGO sector in South Africa.
Informed by the theme of the revival process of "renewal of the South African NGO Movement Activism", we adopted the following minimum Plan of Action as our collective commitment and roadmap towards the revitalized South African NGO movement and an engaged civil society in pursuance of the values and aspirations of our constitutional democracy.


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Stevie Wonder to Undergo Kidney Transplant, Grammy Award-Winning Singer Announces: 'I Have a Donor, it's all Good'
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Stevie Wonder. (Photo Credits: Getty Images)
London, July 8: Stevie Wonder has revealed he will take a break from music to undergo a kidney transplant later this year. The legendary US singer-songwriter told a crowd in London on Saturday that he had a kidney donor lined up and that the procedure is planned for September.
"I'm going to have surgery," Wonder said as he wrapped up a set at a music festival in Hyde Park. "I'm going to have a kidney transplant in September of this year. "I have a donor, it's all good," he added. The 69-year-old multi Grammy Award-winner added that he will perform a few more shows before taking a break ahead of the operation. US Begins Organ Transplants From Living Donors Who Have HIV.
"I want you to know, I came here to give you my love and thank you for your love," Wonder told the crowd to cheers. The Detroit Free Press this week reported that he is fighting "a serious but manageable health issue", citing sources close to the Motown star.
Wonder was born blind as Stevland Hardaway Judkins, in Saginaw, Michigan, in the United States in 1950. He is said to have learned to play piano, drums and harmonica by the age of nine and released his first album in 1961 under Detroit's famous Motown record label.
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There is committee meeting Monday evening – 7:30 in the club room (the wee block behind the swimming pool) … last one before schools out for summer !!
It would be great if as many committee members as possible came along and anyone who has a swimmer in any of the squads and can help us out in any way !!
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Q: Clustering algorithms that support FA rather than PCA In our social sci research we've used Factor Analysis rather than PCA.  It would be helpful for us to use a clustering algorithm to group respondents into the most logical factor groups.  Kmeans seems to use PCA as the basis for its clustering.

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*Is there a way to specify factoextra::kmeans() or other package to use FA rather than PCA?

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Der IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia 2016 der Division I war die sechste Austragung des durch die Internationale Eishockey-Föderation IIHF durchgeführten Wettbewerbs. Das Turnier wurde vom 22. bis 26. März 2016 in Taipeh, der Hauptstadt Republik China (Taiwan), ausgetragen. Gespielt wurde im 800 Zuschauer fassenden Annex Ice Rink.

Wie bereits im Jahr zuvor verzichteten die stärksten asiatischen Nationen auf eine Teilnahme, sodass lediglich Mannschaften der Division I am Wettbewerb teilnahmen. Den Titel sicherte sich wie im Vorjahr die Mannschaft der Republik China (Taiwan), die das entscheidende letzte Turnierspiel gegen den späteren Zweitplatzierten Thailand deutlich mit 8:1 gewann.

Teilnehmer
Von den lediglich drei Teilnehmern des Vorjahres verzichtete lediglich die Mannschaft von Hongkong auf eine erneute Teilnahme.

Dafür nahm Singapur erstmals seit dem Jahr 2014 wieder teil. Zu ihren ersten Auftritten im Rahmen des Wettbewerbs kamen Indien und Malaysia.

Modus
Die fünf teilnehmenden Mannschaften spielten eine Einfachrunde im Modus Jeder-gegen-Jeden.

Austragungsort

Turnierverlauf

Abkürzungen: Pl. = Platz, Sp = Spiele, S = Siege, OTS = Siege nach Verlängerung (Overtime) oder Penaltyschießen, OTN = Niederlagen nach Verlängerung oder Penaltyschießen, N = Niederlagen

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2016, Frauen
Fraueneishockeyturnier
Eishockeyturnier in Taiwan
Eishockeywettbewerb in Taipeh
Eishockeyveranstaltung 2016


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Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection CDs Review and Giveaway
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Walt Disney Records' newly created line of collectible CDs, Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection, celebrates the anniversaries of Disney's most beloved and classic films. These collections will feature the original soundtracks, plus archived content that tells the story behind the music. A Disney music lover's dream come true!
I received The Lion King, Sleeping Beauty and Mary Poppins collections. Upon opening the discs, my attention was immediately drawn to the beautiful artwork on the CD packages. Created by Lorelay Bove, the cover art delicately combines beauty & romance with the well-known historic Disney images.
Armed with green tea and the soft light of my MacBook, I began each morning, for 3 days in a row, with a different set of discs. The first release in the series, The Lion King, was the set I chose to review first. This two-disc set is fulled with pure nostalgia. For those of us with older children, these CDs will bring back the memories of the first time we shared this beautiful film with our children. This set features the original motion picture soundtrack and 30 minutes of previously unreleased score. The music is amazing, and the liner notes are outstanding. Written by Don Hahn (producer) and Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer, the liner notes are a bonus for any The Lion King or Disney fan.You will learn the history behind some of the greatest music moments in the film and how they came to life.
In this video Hans Zimmer, Chris Montan, Mark Mancina, Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, and Don Hahn discuss the journey of making The Lion King.
The next morning, I began my day with the Sleeping Beauty collection. On this particular morning, my daughter joined me at our kitchen table and worked alongside me on her own project. It was so magical to hear her hum along to the songs she loved as a little girl. As we listened to the songs and Tchaikovsky-inspired score from the film on Disc One, I remembered my daughter's first meeting with Princess Aurora at Disneyland twelve years ago. Music has many gifts, and the gift of taking me back to another moment in time is priceless. The second disc is filled with rare-behind-the scenes recordings and never released demos and tracks. The Lost Chords of Sleeping Beauty consists of 3 demos and 3 newly recorded versions of those demos. The rich, fully orchestrated audio is exceptional and worthy of your best speakers. The cherry on top? A feast-for-the-eyes collectable 20-page booklet filled with history, artwork and interesting facts.
What are The Lost Chords? "Lost Chord" is a name given to a song composted for a Disney film that, for some reason, did not make the final cut. The video below shares The Lost Chord "Evil Evil".
It is no secret that I fully believe Julie Andrews is the true Queen of England, so obviously my favorite set is the 50th Anniversary release of The Mary Poppins collection. This set features over 2½ hours of awesomeness spread across 3 discs. I listened to this set last - while all alone - early Saturday morning with no interruptions. I wanted to savor every last detail of each disc, starting with the Disc One: the original soundtrack.
First released in 1964, the Mary Poppins motion picture soundtrack featured 14 original songs by legendary Disney songwriters Richard and Robert Sherman. Initially, the brothers came to meet Walt with music Annette Funicello was to perform in The Horsemasters. Although they were brought onboard right away, and wrote songs for several projects, it wasn't until they presented Walt with their first rendition of Mary Poppins song sketches that they were actually offered a contract with Disney. The rest is history.
With insanely detailed liner notes by Randy Thornton, the 20-page booklet is a joy to read. I thought I knew everything about Mary Poppins, but I was wrong. The Lost Chords on Disc Two are a treasure. A historic, national treasure.
Disc Three is filled with over 40 minutes of recordings from meetings between Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers, the Sherman brothers and screenwriter Don DaGradi as they discussed the original outline for the movie, including the music. That's not enough? Well, also on Disc Three is an interview with Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, the Sherman brothers and Irwin Kostal (who arranged the music for "Mary Poppins," "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music"). Want more? Disc Three concludes with a 1989 interview with Richard and Robert Sherman as they discuss their work creating the magical music of "Mary Poppins." I'm not kidding. This collection in amazing.
The Legacy Collection will continue to roll out with more CDs in 2014 and 2015. The release schedule for Walt Disney The Legacy Collection is as follows:
The Legacy Collection 2014:
The Lion King 20th 6/24/14
Mary Poppins 50th 8/26/14
Sleeping Beauty 55th 10/7/14
The Little Mermaid 25th 11/17/14
Fantasia 75th 1/3/15
Pinocchio 75th 2/3/15
Toy Story 20th 3/17/15
Disneyland 60th 4/7/15
Lady and the Tramp 60th 5/12/15
Pocahontas 20th 6/23/15
Aristocats 45th 8/14/15*
Cinderella 65th 8/14/15*
*First to Market at D23
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Annie Stamell, Contributor
FOMO, the Fear of Missing Out
I'd like to alert everyone to a new epidemic sweeping the nation. No, I'm not talking about bed bugs or birds falling from the sky or the increase of wannabe Justin Bieber-hairdos on middle-aged male athletes and I'm certainly not referring to all the preteens who are snorting crushed Altoids.
I'm talking about FOMO.
FOMO, (clinical definition: Fear Of Missing Out) is running rampant in the streets of this fine nation. From the overcrowded hallways of middle schools in Kansas to the minimalist lobbies of chic Hollywood talent agencies -- FOMO is destroying the good judgment of many of our country's finest.
That creepy 12-year-old girl with the pigtails who showed up to your step-daughter's Bat Mitzvah uninvited? FOMO. The C-level executive pacing in front of another C-level executive's mahogany-lined office suite, ready to pounce at the close of every meeting with suspicious looking foreigners in expensive suits? FOMO (also: maybe racist). That Asian dude on Community who like, hangs out on top of bookshelves in the study room because he wants to join the study group? Big time FOMO. Everyone on Facebook who's Facebook-stalking? FOMO, FOMO, more FOMO. Natalie Portman in Black Swan? FOMO (among other things). That time I was in New York and all my friends in LA went to Little Tokyo and ate giant bowls of noodles without me and then told me about it and I cried a little bit on the inside for a few weeks/years? FOMO.
FOMO is everywhere. You've got it, your mom has it, your boss has it, your friends have it. Symptoms include jaw clenching, compulsive sweating, excessive text-messaging, the inability to remove your smartphone from your hand, showing up at places uninvited, high-pitched questioning, stalking, fear of the internet, buying a shirt that declares Jesus as your homeboy, watching Glee, driving a Prius, brushing your teeth, marrying into the Kardashian family, Twittering when you're on the can.
FOMO is, simply put, the worst. But you can, and you will conquer FOMO. Here are some suggestions how:
Invite everyone you know to everything. Ever.
Do not marry into the Kardashian family.
Use FOMO as a persuasive form of manipulation to coerce reluctant people into doing things.
Embrace Neo-Luddism.
Alienate everyone you know and like so you never have to deal with other people.
Now, get out there and fight that FOMO! Fight it like the wind! You show that FOMO who's boss! Just get all up in that FOMO. And, I don't know, maybe invite me to come along? Yeah! Okay so you're going to invite me? I can come, right? Right? Right?
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Home/backyard, Inside The Home, Outdoor Kitchen/Is it time to remodel your kitchen?
Are you a homeowner? If so, how long have you lived in your home? Whether you have only lived in your home three months, three years, or even thirty years, there may come a time when you want a change. We often associate change with buying a new home, but there is a way that you make a change without having to make another large purchase. If you are looking for a change, when it comes to your home, you may want to think about remodeling your kitchen.
Perhaps, the most obvious sign that you need to remodel your kitchen is if it is falling apart in anyway. Too many homeowners, falling apart means different things, but, in essence, it means if your kitchen appears as if it is in extremely poor quality. If you notice holes in your walls or ceiling, kitchen cabinets that are not properly working, kitchen counters that have large gashes in them, or bumps in your kitchen floor tiles, it may be time to remodel your kitchen. When a kitchen has something wrong with it, you should not only be concerned with the appearance of it, but also the safety. That is why it is important that you, at least, fix any problems in your kitchen, even if you don't plan on doing a large remodeling project.


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Rockies Minor Leagues and Prospects
Brendan Rodgers promoted to Triple-A Albuquerque
The Rockies' consensus top prospect is one step closer to the big leagues.
By Ben Kouchnerkavich@bkouchnerkavich Jul 29, 2018, 8:30pm MDT
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Brendan Rodgers, the consensus top prospect of the Colorado Rockies, has been promoted from Double-A Hartford to Triple-A Albuquerque, according to a Rockies official.
Rodgers, 21, was producing to the tune of a .275/.342/.493 slash for the Yard Goats in 2018, with 17 home runs and 62 runs batted in through 95 games. He was selected as a middle infielder by the Rockies with the third overall pick of the 2015 June Amateur Draft out of Lake Mary High School in Florida.
In their recent update, MLB.com ranked Rodgers at the game's 6th-best prospect, while ESPN's Keith Law placed him at 29th in his pre-season rankings. Baseball America considers Rodgers the 22nd best-prospect in baseball. Rodgers was a mid-season All Star for Class-A Asheville in 2016, Class-A Advanced Lancaster in 2017, and Double-A Hartford in 2018. This season also marked the second straight year in which Rodgers was a participant in the Futures Game.


There is a private car park at the rear of the Village Hall. Access is via the lane that leads to the school and church. Please note there are steps from the car park to the hall.
The Village Hall is accessed at the front by a ramped path. There are no steps inside the hall. There is no disabled access to/from the back door of the Hall to the car park. We do have disabled toilet facilities.
There is a wall-mounted pull-down changing station in the disabled toilets.
We have large tables and small tables, and c. 100 folding chairs.
We have an upright piano, kept in the Committee Room. It is possible (with several strong men) to move the piano out into the main hall. If doing this please lift it rather than drag it.
We have a large, free-standing tripod-mounted projector screen. If you would like to use the screen please tell us when making your booking.
The lights mounted on the metal lighting rig across the ceiling belong to Carleton Village Theatre Group (Carleton Panto). It may be possible to arrange for you to use these for your event by prior arrangement and plenty of notice. The Group also have a PA system and projector, available on the same basis.
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Episode #14 of The Swampflix Podcast: Trash Humpers (2010) & The Films of Richard Kelly
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Welcome to Episode #14 of The Swampflix Podcast! For our fourteenth episode (our second in Skype exile), Brandon discusses all four feature films by Richard Kelly, director of September's Movie of the Month The Box, with returning co-host Bill Arceneaux and Caliornia-based film critic Rick Kelley. Also, Bill makes Brandon watch Harmony Korine's found footage oddity Trash Humpers (2010) for the first time. Enjoy!
Production note: The musical "bumps" between segments were provided by the long-defunct band Your Cat is Dead.
-Bill Arceneaux & Brandon Ledet
An Evening with Richard Kelly: A Southland Tales (2007) Q&A
"No film is every really finished, just abandoned by the filmmaker."
This is the philosophy, or rather one of the facets of the real-life and filmmaking philosophies, of Richard Kelly. In something of a MotM miracle, I received an email last week advising that Austin's Alamo Drafthouse would be hosting a screening of Kelly's 2007 opus Southland Tales, with an introduction by the director and a Q&A following the film. As discussed in our email roundtable, I was a fan of Donnie Darko when it was first brought to my attention in 2003, when a DVD of the film was passed around like wildfire at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. Although time and distance (and a strong wave of hype backlash as the film caught on outside of the cult scene) have dulled my teenage enthusiasm for the film, my interest in Kelly's work was piqued again by our viewing of The Box, a film I didn't love but haven't been able to stop thinking about. I never got the chance to see Southland Tales before this past Sunday, but I'm glad that my first viewing experience was on the big screen and not limited to the comparatively tiny television in my living room.
What's the film about? I'll try to be as succinct as I can: Southland Tales takes place in an alternate 2008, where post-9/11 paranoia and the overreach of infringement upon civil liberties that followed that incident has been further exacerbated by a nuclear attack on American soil (Texas, to be precise). The draft has been reinstated, interstate travel is extremely restricted, and citizens are heavily monitored via the use of information network USIdent and the deployment of heavily militarized Urban Pacification Units, which seem to have taken the place of standard police forces. The Republican Party, most notably represented by Texas Senator and potential VP Bobby Frost (Holmes Osborne) and his wife, NSA Deputy Director cum USIdent overlord Nana Mae (Miranda Richardson), is seeking to swing California to the red in order to ensure the continued power of USIdent and the party. Popular action star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson), the husband of the Frosts' daughter Madeleine (Mandy Moore), has recently awoken in the desert with amnesia; he makes his way into the arms of Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a psychic porn star seeking to expand her media and merchandise empires through diversification. Krysta has recently completed a screenplay entitled The Power, which foretells the end of the world.
Elsewhere, the underground liberal forces of the Neo-Marxists oppose the Republican Party (this entire group is composed almost entirely of former SNL cast members, including but not limited to Nora Dunn, Amy Poehler, and Cheri Oteri). Their current plan involves staging a racially-motivated police shooting committed by haunted veteran Roland Taverner posing as his twin brother Ronald (Seann William Scott), an UPU officer; the intention is to have this captured on film by Boxer during a ride-along for research purposes, then use the footage to discredit Bush's apparent successors. Their machinations are held in check by a series of double-crosses that undermine their ability to take any real political action. Elsewhere elsewhere, the wizard Baron von Westphalen (Wallace Shawn) has invented both a device that uses the power of the ocean to generate wireless electricity as well as several injectable liquids of various colors that are used as drugs for both recreational and psychic purposes. He and his band of assorted cronies (Bai Ling, Curtis Armstrong, Zelda Rubinsten, and Beth Grant) move throughout the various factions at play, gaining political power and prestige while well aware that the alternative energy source that they have created could bring about the end of humanity. And all of this is narrated by Pilot Abilene (Justin Timberlake), a former movie star whose face was disfigured by friendly fire in Iraq after he was drafted. And, hey, if you were starting to think any of this was too straightforward, don't worry; there are also stable time loops, predestination paradoxes, mistaken identities, and all the other Kelly elements you've come to know and, perhaps, love. Plus a lip-synch music video.
Part multimedia experiment, part time travel film, part jeremiad prophecy of the dangers of unchecked rightwing expansion into surveillance and homeland policing, part philosophy lecture, but mostly a political satire, Southland Tales has been called many things: unwatchable, convoluted, pretentious, and incomprehensible. For my money, however, the film (and its expanded materials, which I hesitate to call "supplementary" given that they were always intended to be part of the experience) is simply too ambitious to ever have any kind of mainstream penetration, even on the level that Darko did. There's also been a lot of name-calling and assumptions with regards to Kelly's ego and affectations of intellectualism, even from those of us here at Swampflix; in person, however, Kelly comes across as approachable, well-spoken, thoughtful, and shy (and he's a total babe as well– look up a picture or two if you haven't already done yourself this great service; those triceps are poppin'). Kelly directed this film when he was twenty-nine; that's my age, and all I have to show for a life is a stack of unopened mail and a heap of student loan debt that I'll finish paying off seven years after I'm dead– if I'm lucky.
In case you weren't aware, Southland was originally envisioned as the final three chapters in a six-chapter arc, with the first three components released as graphic novels (Kelly said that when these materials, which were not quite complete at the time of the Cannes premiere, were given to the press, they sneered). There is a certain feeling of incompleteness that can be felt in the film as a result, but this is not the same thing as saying that the film is, as Kelly said in his introduction, "unfinished." There's certainly an element of that in play in the theatrical version that was screened, but I didn't find it as distracting as others have. He discussed the nature of the release of the film, the way that certain visual effects were never quite completed due to the fact that the money for said polishing was to have come from one studio that held the international distribution rights, but there were issues with the domestic distributor. It's all information that you can find elsewhere, I'm sure, so I won't get into it here. There were some new tidbits that were shared in the Q&A that I'll share here, though.
Why is Janeane Garofalo in the final scene? In the earlier, longer version of the film that was screened at Cannes, there is an additional subplot in which Garofalo plays a general who is engaged in a Dungeons & Dragons game with veteran Simon Theory (Kevin Smith) and a couple of other characters, with that game serving as an additional metaphorical layer to the events of the film, just line the screenplay for The Power. (I did see a credit for a D&D consultant in the final credits, which confused me until this was explained.)
Was this movie inspired by Brazil? Yes, Kelly loves Brazil.
Where did the character names come from? Kelly discussed that there's a music to character names, and described how some come from more obvious sources (like the Robert Frost-quoting Senator Bobby Frost), and some a bit more obscure from sources both historical (like the von Westphalen family, whose true allegiances are obvious from the outset for those who know Jenny von Westphalen was the wife of Karl Marx), and literary (the Taverners share their surname with Jason Taverner, protagonist of Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, which shares a rightwing autocratic dictatorship with Southland). So, like many of the references to extratextual real-world works that we mentioned in The Box discussion, they're present less because Kelly wants to prove how smart he is and more because he thinks we're all on his level, which is a compliment more than anything else.
Why so many Saturday Night Live actors? Besides the aforementioned Poehler, Oteri, Dunn, and Garofalo, other SNL alums include Jon Lovitz and John Larroquette. I really liked Kelly's answer to this question; when we talk about political satire, at least in America, SNL is the troupe that is on the cutting edge of that discussion.
Is the recurring theme of free will versus predestination representative of a personal philosophy or just something that Kelly finds intriguing to play with on film? This was my question, and was admittedly a little longer in the actual asking (which involved referencing the Job-like structure of The Box and eschatological nature of Southland, leading Richard Kelly to compliment me personally, so take that, world!), but Kelly stated that this was something that he thinks about a lot, that humans beings are often bandied about by forces outside of their control, and how much agency any of us have at all (one audience member asked about Krysta Now's agency in regards to the film, but I missed the answer to that one trying to calm myself enough to ask my question). Kelly had previously mentioned that Southland was intended to be a cathartic film experience; given that the themes of the film boil down to the idea that salvation comes from forgiving the self, which is an entirely internal emotional journey, I think that this could be reflective of that idea. Forgiving one's self, like Taverner does in the film's final moments, removes the external elements of predestination and is purely an act of personal decision, and through that comes real existential relief.
Whatever happened to the Norma Lewis prosthetic foot prop? This one I had to ask for Britnee, per her final thoughts on The Box. As it turns out, Kelly's father, who really did work on the Mars Viking Lander project, did something similar for Kelly's mother, whose own foot was disfigured, not unlike Norma's. As for the prop, Kelly said he would have to make some calls to be absolutely certain, but he's pretty sure it's in a props warehouse in Boston.
For more on September's Movie of the Month, Richard Kelly's sci-fi mystery thriller The Box, check out our Swampchat discussion of the film and last week's look at how the film works as a literary adaptation.
-Mark "Boomer" Redmond